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Having rested and changed we headed south to Dayton for dinner at The Joel Palmer House. This had been rated as Restaurant of the Year and was also listed in "1000 places to go to before you die". It is in a beautiful 19th century house, built by Joel Palmer a local pioneer.. We sat outside under a veranda in the late afternoon air. A friend of Peter's, Bob Williams, from Portland, joined us. He was ...

... with rain threatening we headed off to taste some local wines. The Wine Studios had a mix of grapes to try (bought 2 super Rieslings) but the more attractive Elk Cove winery, amidst rolling hills and lovely views (if it stopped raining) had some great Pinots. We returned via an upmarket supermarket where the tattooed cheese manager suggested some local cheeses - and they were good. Neil snored loudly again last night so I decamped to the sofa and slept a lot ...

Pete and Carol had planned a super itinerary which included visits to wineries & tasting rooms (Walnut City Wineworks, Spangler, Sokol Blosser, Archer Summit, Durrance and Carleton Cellars), Red Ridge, which is an olive oil mill that actually grows its own olive trees, right there around McMinnville, and to a local brewery way out in the sticks, Fire Mountain, that was run by great people who made ...

... br> The views along the coast line are amazing, great beaches, beautiful blue ocean and small towns with plenty of view points along the way. We stopped in Lincoln City for a while on the beach so Chris could have a break from the driving before reaching Patterson Park to sleep.

Day Three... I was in charge of pumping up the beds whilst the boys cooked dinner and didn't realise that I hadn't screwed the pump close so during the night Chris and I had a flat bed! ...